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Who are the inventors that contributed to making of polymers? A.1. Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite A.2. Wallace Carothers invented the neoprene and nylon.

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B. Plastic is one of the great inventions that came from a group of polymers. B.1. What are the different uses of plastic? B.2. Making plastics caused different problems. C. What are the uses of polymers? II. What are composites? A. Composites have may advantages. A.1. Composites can be found everywhere. B. What is vital aerospace composite? C. Despite having many advantages, composites have also disadvantages. C.1. Composites are costly. C.2. Composites can easily split into thin layers. C.3. Composites can become hostile for some materials. C.4. Composites can subject materials to be violently reacting. D. What are the newborn composite materials? D.1. The United Technologies Corporation made Compglas. D.2. The Textron of Massachusetts invented metal-matrix composites. D.3. The Martin Marietta Laboratories is making ways to perfect X-D process. D.4. The Lanxide Corporation makes patents that can be used for jet-engine parts.

The France's Societe Europeenne de Propulsion makes composites that can resist high temperature for the engines.5.
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